Mexico in a nutshell
- Population: 30 million
- Capital City: Mexico City (also the largest city)
- Main languages: Spanish is the official language, but English is widely spoken, especially in larger towns and cities.
- Time zones: Mexico has four main time zones. Pacific Time is GMT−8, Mountain Time is GMT−7, Central Time is GMT−6, and Eastern Time is GMT−5. In all states except Sonora, clocks move forward an hour in March and back an hour in November..
Territory
Mexico’s total land mass is 5,114,295 km2.
Mexico City is the Federal Capital, where the Government hosts the Power of the Union (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial). The Administrative divisions of Mexico are composed of 32 federal entities (states):
Aguascalientes
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Morelos
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Baja California
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Nayarit
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Baja California Sur
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Nuevo León
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Campeche
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Oaxaca
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Coahuila
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Puebla
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Colima
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Querétaro
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Chiapas
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Quintana Roo
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Chihuahua
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San Luis Potosí
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Durango
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Sinaloa
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Mexico City
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Sonora
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Guanajuato
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Tabasco
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Guerrero
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Tamaulipas
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Hidalgo
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Tlaxcala
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Jalisco
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Veracruz
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Mexico
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Yucatán
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Michoacán
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Zacatecas
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Borders
Mexico shares international borders with three nations: The United States of America, Guatemala, and Belize, over a total of 4,301 kilometers distributed as follows:
- With the United States of America, a boundary line extends over 3,152 km from the 258 Monument northwest of Tijuana to the mouth of the Rio Grande into the Gulf of Mexico. The neighboring states on the northern border are: Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.
- The border with Guatemala covers an area of 956 km, with the following neighboring states: Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Quintana Roo.
- The land border with Belize is 193 km and the maritime boundary is 85,266 km along the Bay of Chetumal. The state that borders with Belize is Quintana Roo.
Weather
Inland at Elevation:
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December thru March.
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Hottest Months:
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April & May and July to September.
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Coolest Months:
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December, January, February.
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Rainy Season in Mexico:
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May/June to October.
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Hurricane Season in Mexico:
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June, July, August, September, October
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Currency: The Mexican Peso
The official currency is the Mexican peso (MXN), which is divided into 100 centavos. The MN acronym stands for “Moneda Nacional” meaning “National Currency”.
Paper currency is available in the following denominations: 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 MXN
Coins come in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 20 and 50 cents.